Intra-metropolitan Competition for Attracting High-technology Firms

Regional Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 723-740

  Frenkel, Amnon ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

High technology firms; Location choice model; Metropolitan region; Spatial capital

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ISRAEL; TEL AVIV;

EID: 84861884109     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2010.529120     Document Type: Article

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